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Hi Ben,
BC> Re: Pie Crust
BC> By: Ruth Haffly to Ben Collver on Sat Dec 13 2025 09:58 am
RH> Never heard of baking powder in a pie crust. Some decades ago (mid 80s) we
RH> had supper at the house of another Army family, dessert was pie, made by
RH> the husband. After we`d eaten he asked how we liked the pie, specifically
RH> the crust. We told him that it was very good; he then confessed that he`d
RH> made the crust with self rising flour (by accident). We assured him that
RH> it did not affect the crust at all.
BC> All`s well that ends well. :-)
Yes, we still stay in contact with that family. A bit over a year after
we met, they moved to Germany, thought they would be closer to
Rhein/Man. They knew we had orders for Frankfurt the next year---got a
Christmas card from them, "guess where we are". Yes, they ended up in
the same unit we were going to in Frankfurt. He was Steve`s sponser over
there, 7 years later after we`d moved to Berlin, Massachusetts and
Arizona, Steve sponsered him when they moved to AZ. We`d stayed in touch
in the years between. She commented at our older daughter`s wedding that
they had known us not quite as long as the relatives that attended, but
longer than the friends we met along the way.
BC> I found this pie crust recipe in the the Fido`s Kitchen cookbook,
so BC> apparently it had been posted here years ago.
BC> <https://archive.org/details/fidoskitchencookbook>
That`s on my bookshelf.
BC> I have never put baking powder in pie crust, though i have seen pie
BC> crust recipes that call for vinegar! I went through a phase of using
The recipe my MIL gave me 50 years ago calls for it--to sour the milk.
BC> an olive oil pie crust recipe. While it didn`t turn not nearly as
BC> good compared to a traditional shortening pie crust, it was much
BC> easier to make. Just measure and mix, the same every time.
Quick and easy. Talk about shortenings--my mom could never make a decent
pie crust without lard. Her use of other shortenings yielded a cardboard
like crust. I have used lard, butter, commercial (first Crisco, then
Spectrum, an all natural one) for the shortening; my first choice is
lard when I can get it, second choice is Spectrum.
RH> That`s way too much water! Try 2-3 tablespoons full at first, add more if
RH> neccessary but you shouldn`t need to with that amount of flour.
BC> I`ve experienced huge variation in the absorbency of different wheat
BC> flours. My family pie crust recipe calls for 2-2/3 cups of flour and 6
BC> to 7 tb of water, which would scale down to the ratio that you
BC> recommend. The only thing is, 100% of the time i end up putting in
BC> way more than 7 tb. It`s usually more like 9 to 10 tb.
We have a mill and grind wheat, both soft wheat for pastries and quick
breads/biscuits/muffins/etc and hard wheat for breads, pizza crust &
anything else made with yeast. I`ll be making a pie crust this week for
a pot pie, using up some of the Thanksgiving turkey but getting the
crust recipe probably from my James Beard (everything) cookbook.
BC> With a broken oven, i no longer bake pies. That`s probably better
for BC> my health anyway. :> When i am in a pumpkin pie mood i`ll
make a BC> pudding or smoothie or something like that.
BC> If you wanted to make a dessert without the benefit of an oven, what
BC> would you make?
Baked apples in the microwave--use something like a Honeycrisp apple,
core, fill middle with a mix of brown sugar, cinnamon and raisins. Nuke
for 4-5 minutes, until soft, let cool a bit before eating as the sugar
gets very hot. You can do more than one at once but adjust the cooking
time, don`t do more than about 4 apples at a time. If your microwave
doesn`t have a turntable, rotate the apples 2-3 times while baking.
BC> Here`s another recipe from the Fido`s Kitchen cookbook:
BC> Title: April Fool`s Pizza Pie
BC> Categories: Desserts
BC> Yield: 8 Servings
That is a good one; would make a good dessert after having a "normal"
pizza.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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